Are you passionate about being part of a team that delivers extraordinary care to help individuals and businesses prepare for and protect their retirement? If so, then Nationwide Financial could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This is a hybrid role based out of our Columbus, OH location. The team comes into the office 3 days a week and works from home 2 days.

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Job Description Summary

Are you intrigued by every aspect of the investment business – from mutual funds to securities lending to the markets and beyond? Has your education, skills and professional experience prepared you to oversee all the essential work that delivers high quality investment services and substantial returns? If you are excited about putting your higher-level thinking to work in fund management, we’d like to know more about you!

In Nationwide’s Investment Management Group, we’ve earned a great reputation in the industry and we value team members who love this business and want to learn, grow and advance in the profession.

As a Senior Analyst, you’ll oversee and maintain the fund accounting, financial administration, custody and securities lending processes for Nationwide's mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and collective investment trusts. In addition, you’ll provide oversight of key vendors and service providers. We’ll count on you to review accounting and financial reports and reconciliations and manage operational aspects of product launches and modifications.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Supports the processing of expense payments and expense accruals.

• Gathers data to support reporting processes including 15c, financial statement, tax-related and board reporting functions

• Completes and compiles information to successfully respond to industry surveys and other reports.

• Monitors and completes accounting control reviews daily.

• Oversees custody/market entry documentation and reviews securities lending controls.

• Supports financial reporting, accounting oversight, treasury and trading functions and vendor relationships with supervision.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Leader, IMG Financial Administration. Does not have direct or indirect reports.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate degree in business administration, finance, accounting or related field.

Experience: Three years of related experience.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Working knowledge of GAAP and accrual-based accounting. Basic mutual fund regulatory and compliance requirements, mutual fund accounting and audit guidelines and mutual fund industry practices and procedures. Familiarity with financial statement preparation and analysis, the principles of taxation, and the related impact of tax on financial statement preparation.

Requires a high level of expertise in relationship building and collaboration, results orientation, written and verbal communications and the ability to take ownership.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resources Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not eligible (exempt)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:

We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.